16 November 2007 ~ 1 Comment

Does Emotion Have a Place in Poker

From The Cards Speak:

“The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage of science is that it is not emotional.”
–Oscar Wilde
Main Entry: emotion
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French, from emouvoir to stir up, from Old French esmovoir, from Latin emovEre to remove, displace, from e- + movEre to move
1. A mental state [...]

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07 November 2007 ~ 2 Comments

The Stages of Poker Mastery

From The Cards Speak:
“He who has a hundred miles to walk should reckon ninety as half the journey.”
–Japanese Proverb
A long time ago, a good friend of mine explained his theory of the development cycle that everyone must go through when learning a new task. I didn’t really buy it at the time, [...]

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